Jack A. Raisner
Office
270 Madison Avenue, Suite 1801New York, NY 10016
Tel:
212.221.1747
Jack A. Raisner is a founding partner at Raisner Roupinian LLP.
Mr. Raisner has litigated to victory in the U.S. Supreme Court the claims on behalf of a 2,000-member class of employees in Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corporation. The Court’s decision stopped employers from using a practice in bankruptcy to avoid paying their employees’ earned wages, and strengthened the rights of all priority creditors. The WARN Practice Group was named Bankruptcy Group of the Year, by Law360, in recognition of the landmark ruling. Jack has litigated more than 100 WARN Act cases that have totaled over $100 million in settlements. He has argued WARN Act appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Second, Third and Fifth Circuits, that have led to expanded employee protections for those laid off around the country.
He helped craft New Jersey’s mandatory severance law, the nation’s first, and its WARN law – the most expansive in the country. He has worked on similar legislation introduced in the U.S.Senate and House of Representatives. He represented the class of 30,000 Toys ‘R Us employees in their severance claim, and severance claimants of Lehman Brothers.
Practicing employment law since 1991, he prosecutes WARN Act and wage and hour class actions nationwide, has represented individuals in a wide range of discrimination and wrongful discharge claims, and He authored the Pregnancy Discrimination and Parental Leave Handbook (2000), as well as many chapters, and articles on employment topics. He is a Professor of Law at the Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University.
BAR ADMISSIONS & QUALIFICATIONS
- Mr. Raisner is admitted to practice law in New York.
- Mr. Raisner is admitted to the following federal courts: The United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, the Western District of New York, the District of Colorado; and the Central District of Illinois; the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Third Circuit, the Fifth Circuit; and the Ninth Circuit; and the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Mr. Raisner serves as a Member of the Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Labor and Employment Editorial Advisory Board.
Education
B.S. – Boston University, 1978
J.D. – Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1983
AWARDS
- Super Lawyers, 2013-2019
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rated for 2016-2017, Highest Possible Rating in both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards Reflecting the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and Judiciary 2016
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Mr. Raisner is the author of numerous articles and legal texts encompassing an extensive range of issues. He authored Pregnancy Discrimination and Parental Leave Handbook, (Panel/Aspen 2000); he has been update editor of Representing Employees in Title VII Actions, 2d Ed. (Aspen); and he is a contributing author of chapters in leading legal treatises, including ABA/BNA International Labor and Employment Laws, New York Employment Law, Employment Litigation in New York, Disability Discrimination in the Workplace and West’s General Practice in New York. He is also a contributing author to Leading Legal Treatises and Employment Rights Litigation. Mr. Raisner’s articles have appeared in law journals including the New York Law Journal and the New York State Bar Association Labor and Employment Newsletter.
A Supreme Court Win For All Employees – Jevic
Jack A. Raisner, Verdict, Vol. 23, Number 4, October 2017
Jack Raisner, O&G Employment Law Blog, January 17, 2017
Fair Warning For Workers
Discussion of some of the complexities involved with WARN Act cases. Employment attorneys Jack Raisner & Rene Roupinian. (August 2010)
Pregnancy Discrimination and Parental Leave Handbook
Jack Raisner, Panel/Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2000.
Must employers allow time off for pregnancy-related illness?
Jack Raisner, Academy of Legal Studies in Business, Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, Aug. 5, 1999.
Representing the Employee Working Abroad
Jack Raisner in proceedings of First Annual Employment Law Conference of the Center for International Legal Studies, Austria, March 24, 1999.
Employment Issues For Multi-National Employers And Employees: Legal Restraints On Foreign Employers Doing Business In The United States
This outline examines the rights of employees in the United States who work for foreign employers. Wayne N. Outten and Jack A. Raisner. ABA ERR 1998 Annual Meeting Toronto, Ontario August 1-5, 1998.
As graphically illustrated by Chrysler Corp.’s merger into a new, German corporation, called DaimlerChrysler Aktiengesellschaft—the largest industrial merger of all time—today’s transnational mega-mergers are increasing the number of domestic employees who work for foreign entities. With their transfer to foreign management, these employees are likely to find changes in the laws that protect them as employees. This outline examines the rights of employees in the United States who work for foreign employers.
New York Employment Complaints and Answers/FAST
Jack Raisner, Wayne N. Outten, West Pub., 1998
Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Laws: Anti-Discrimination
Wayne N. Outten & Jack Raisner, chapter in International Labor & Employment Laws, ABA/BNA Books, 1997.
“Glass-Ceiling” Lawsuits Threaten “Old Boy” Network
Wayne N. Outten & Jack Raisner, Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report, October 1996.
Are Partners “Employees” Under Federal Employment Discrimination Law?
Wayne N. Outten & Jack Raisner, Law Firm Partnership and Benefits Report, September 1996
Pleadings
Wayne N. Outten & Jack A. Raisner, chapter in Employment Litigation in New York, West, 1996
Cross-Examining a Defense Psychologist in a Sexual Harassment Case
Wayne N. Outten and Jack Raisner, The Practical Litigator, January 1993
Employee and Applicant Testing
Wayne N. Outten and Jack Raisner, chapter in Employee Rights Litigation: Pleading and Practice, NELA/Mathew Bender/Lexis, 1990
